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Monday, 26 October 2015

MSSA announces MWEB Protea eSports Team for Seoul World Championships

Maryke 'Ykie' Kennard Captain of the MWEB Protea eSports Team for the 7th IeSF World Championships - Seoul

Through hard work,
dedication and sheer perseverance, Mind Sports South Africa has
carved a solid reputation for eSports both internationally and at
home in South Africa.

eSports in South Africa has grown
from being a mere activity to being a fully-fledged-accredited-sport
for which players may earn Regional, Provincial, and/or Protea
Colours.

MSSA, as a member of
the International eSports Federation (IeSF) has been party to seeing
eSports being accepted by the Olympic Committee of Asia and TAFISA.

Thus eSports is now
accredited at every level as a sport.

Wynand 'ViViD'

And, at this time of
the year, MSSA once again selects its team that will sally forth to
do battle on foreign fields and represent South Africa against the
best that other nations have to offer.

This year the IeSF's
World Championships is being hosted in the heart of eSports, that is,
Seoul, South Korea.

The game titles in
which the MWEB South African Protea eSports Team will compete are
League of Legends®,
StarCraft II®,
and HearthStone®.

MSSA
is glad to have Wynand 'ViViD' Meiring represent South Africa for
HearthStone®.
Wynand has proved himself
at the 2014 S A National Championships, Gauteng Provincial
Championships, and National Team Trials to be a very tough
competitor. MSSA is confident that Wynand will deliver solid results
in Seoul.

Nathan 'StatiC' Anderson

Nathan
'StatiC' Anderson has once again been selected to represent South
Africa in StarCraft II®.
Nathan is now a seasoned
warhorse when it comes to international competition having
represented South Africa in Bucharest in 2013 and in Baku in 2014.
This selection is the third year that Nathan has been included in the
Protea team, and has thus earned himself 9 'caps' making him second
only to Robert 'PandaTank' Botha.

MSSA
is particularly proud of its League of Legends (LoL)
Team. The team is well
known in South African competitive circles, and the members of the
team have all been in the various winning teams that have won at the
various Provincial and National Championships as held by MSSA.

The
team, captained
by the ever efficient Maryke 'Ykie'
Kennard is bound to make the other teams sit up and take notice as
once again South Africa builds on its solid reputation.

The
full team is as follows:

Name

Position

Club

Residence

Maryke 'Ykie' Kennard

Team Captain & LoL

Tuks Mindsports

Pretoria

Nathan 'StatiC' Anderson

StarCraft player

Knights Mind Sports

Betty's Bay

Wynand ' ViViD' Meiring

HearthStone Player

BerZerK Gaming

Pretoria

Taylor 'elis' Rose

LoL player

Knights Mind Sports

Cape Town

Matthew 'Feno' Smith

LoL player

Knights Mind Sports

Cape Town

Vasudev 'Paga' Stringer

LoL player

Tuks Mindsports

Centurion

Cameron 'SexyB' Tilley

LoL player

Tuks Mindsports

Hatfield

Johan Uys

Coach

Tuks Mindsports

Pretoria

Ryan Boyes

Manager

BNKR Gaming

Witbank

As
manager, Ryan Boyes lead the team to a very credible finish into 13th
place overall among some very tough competition at the 6th
World Championships which were held in Baku, Azerbijan. When one
considers the handicaps, in terms of connectivity and the likes, the
position that South Africa holds shows that South Africa is punching
far above its weight.

The
MWEB Protea eSports Team shall officially be awarded their colours at
the official award ceremony that shall be done just prior to
departure.